Who's got a source for med & short-scale basses?

I am finishing up a 32" bass for Matt(skerik1), you can see his thread further down. And here is a link to someone who played it today.

http://www.ctbasses.com/cgi-bin/nph-bbs.pl?forum=ctbasses&msg=00028273

Most of your "indy" luthiers would be happy to make a 32" for you. I love the scale length!!

Darrin

 

Are you thinking production basses or custom made?

You could get an old Fender Musicmaster.

If you have between $1200 and $2000, I know a luthier that can make you what you want.

 

The Rob Allen Mouse 30", $1650.

http://www.roballenguitars.com/pages/Mouse30.html

 

Excellent choice!! This one's fitted out with a RavenLabs P-Retro electronics, (had to make a new pickguard), and pumps out thick, fat bass all day long...



-robert

 

Check your PM



AJ

 

Well, I know of one site, I think its landingguitars.com or something like that, but they have some cool shortscale bass, they call it the strat bass, I would get one, but I don't have $700 for a shortscale bass (hint hint rondomusic.com) sorry I am just anxious to find a shortscale bass at rondomusic.com!!
Oh, and by the way, I don't know if they make them anymore, but the Fender Stu Hamm urge bass is 32" I was at a blues show and the bass player plays a urge II bass with eden cabs and amps it was a great sounding rig. I like the urge because it has two jazz pickups and one p-bass pickup in between them!!
I like the musicmaster, but i can't get over the pbass pickup (i know, I'm vain) but I would buy it in a second if it had a humbucker or two jazz pickups in it!!
Good Luck,
Charlie

 

Well...while we're on this subject, I'm still wishing for a 30" scale SIX string bass guitar.
The only one I've heard of here that was in definite existence was a Brubaker (which was reported to have a good "tight" low B! -but does anyone know of any others already successfully built? I'd prefer a single cut...
Thanks!

 

I'm having a 32" scale 6-string custom built, but my plans are to string it EADGCF.

 

When it comes to 32" scale basses (or just high-end, handcrafted basses in general), you'd be hard-pressed to beat the work of DHuff. Mike Brown of Browne Basses also makes a mean 32". Depending on your specific situation, a 32" may or may not do the trick. Personally, I think you'd like the feel and performance of a 32" better, but as was mentioned above, there are a lot of one-man-shop operations who could easily make you a shorter scale bass.

 

I played a Fender mustang and they seem like a nice short scale.

 

Brice ASB-1 Short Scale Bass

$299.

 

It seems like it's tough to find any to try sometimes. I played a used fender Musicmaster yesterday, butter-yellow w/ black pickgaurd--seemed ok. I own a gretsch synchromatic short scale single pick-up which can be had cheap on e-bay. but they aren't really very good. The dual pickup gretch model seems like a much better instrument--i played a new one in a store a year ago--much better construction and better neck. I currently GAS for an Epiphone Allen Woody Signature, but have never pjayed one--just can't find any around. all of these basses are in the $500 or less category.

 

I know of a music store here in California that had a couple of Musicmaster basses. If you want, I can PM the name of the store to you and you can give them a call. I don't remember what the asking price was, but I believe that the basses had been sitting in the store for a very long time. So, they might be willing to bargain.

 

Sent you a PM with the information.

 

I'd say a Musicmaster, Mustang, or EB-0.

 

Epiphone make a Flying "V" with a 30" scale.I think they have a few other models as well in the 30"-32" scale.Dean makes some nice ABG's with
a 32" scale.